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Lead singer Scott Weiland became an iconic front man in the tradition of Mick Jagger, David Bowie, and Robert Plant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThen, when STP imploded, it was Weiland who emerged as the emblem of rock star excess, with his well-publicised drug busts and trips to rehab. 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